Is Facebook helping Vietnam’s pro-democracy crackdown?-Activists say the US social media giant is obliging Communist Party requests to block and take down democracy and rights-related content Vietnamese activist La Viet Dung holds up a phone with the screen displaying an open letter to Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg in Hanoi on April 10, 2018. Photo: AFP David Hutt, Southeast Asia, June […]
Vietnam’s dangerous new cybersecurity laws-Vietnam’s new cybersecurity laws are less an exercise in security and more in control. The laws are a direct attack on online freedom of expression. ASEAN Today, March 31, 2018 Vietnamese lawmakers will vote on new cybersecurity legislation during this summer session. The proposed laws will demand firms store their Vietnamese user data […]
Luật an ninh mới đầy nguy hiểm của Việt Nam-Luật an ninh mạng mới của Việt Nam ít nói về an ninh mà nói nhiều về kiểm soát. Bộ luật mới là cuộc tấn công trực diện vào quyền tự do thể hiện. ASEAN Today, ngày 29/5/2018 (Phạm Nguyên Trường dịch, Việt Nam Thời báo) Trong khóa họp mùa hè này, các […]
THƯ NGỎ GỬI CÁC ĐẠI BIỂU QUỐC HỘI VỀ LUẬT ĐƠN VỊ HÀNH CHÍNH-KINH TẾ ĐẶC BIỆT-Thưa quý vị Đại biểu Quốc hội, Đề án Luật Đơn vị Hành chính-Kinh tế đặc biệt Vân Đồn, Bắc Vân Phong, Phú Quốc (gọi tắt là Luật Đặc khu) đang được quý vị thảo luận tại kỳ họp thứ 5 của Quốc hội khóa XIV, trong đó lần đầu tiên thời hạn cho thuê […]
Three Hanoi-based Activists Held in Police Station for Hours, One Beaten After Holding Peaceful Mini-demonstration-Defend the Defenders, June 2, 2018 On June 2, authorities in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi detained three local activists when they held a mini-demonstration to support multi-party democracy. In the morning of Saturday, a group of Hanoi-based activists namely Truong Van Dung, Phung The Dung, Trinh Ba Phuong, Luu Phuong and Le Hung gathered […]
Blogger Mẹ Nấm tuyệt thực và ngừng ăn thức ăn của nhà tù-Bà Nguyễn Tuyết Lan cùng 2 cháu đến trại giam số 5, Thanh Hóa thăm blogger Mẹ Nấm Trịnh Kim Tiến RFA, June 1, 2018 Tù nhân lương tâm Nguyễn Ngọc Như Quỳnh, tức blogger Mẹ Nấm, vừa qua phải dùng biện pháp tuyệt thực và cho biết sẽ từ chối thức ăn của […]
Vietnamese Dissident Blogger Pham Doan Trang Detained, Interrogated-Defend the Defenders, June 2, 2018 Vietnam’s security forces kidnapped prominent dissident blogger Pham Doan Trang when she came back to Hanoi from Ho Chi Minh City, and heldher incommunicado for several hours. According to blogger Trinh Kim Tien, Ms. Trang whose new book Chính trị bình dân(Politics for All) is very popular among […]
Vietnam Suspected of Poisoning Prisoners of Conscience-Defend the Defenders, June 2, 2018 Many prisoners of conscience and their families are suspecting that Vietnam’s authorities have been poisoning them with unsafe food and drinks. Mrs. Nguyen Thi Tuyet Lan, the mother of prominent human rights defender Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, the well-known blogger with the nickname Mother Mushroom said thatthe activist […]
Three Hanoi-based Activists Held in Police Station for Hours, One Beaten After Holding Peaceful Mini-demonstration - Defend the Defenders, June 2, 2018 On June 2, authorities in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi detained three local activists when they held a mini-demonstration to support multi-party democracy. In the morning of Saturday, a group of Hanoi-based activists namely Truong Van Dung, Phung The Dung, Trinh Ba Phuong, Luu Phuong and Le Hung gathered […]
Hanoi-based Activist Summoned for Interrogation After Calling for Arrest of Police General Involving in Kidnaping In Berlin - Defend the Defenders, June 2, 2018 Vietnam’s authorities have summoned pro-democracy campaigner and human rights defender Ngo Duy Quyen to a police station for interrogation overposts on his Facebook account, the activist told Defend the Defenders. According to the police summons, dated on June 1, Mr. Quyen, 44, was required toreportat 8.30 AM […]
Vietnamese Dissident Blogger Pham Doan Trang Detained, Interrogated - Defend the Defenders, June 2, 2018 Vietnam’s security forces kidnapped prominent dissident blogger Pham Doan Trang when she came back to Hanoi from Ho Chi Minh City, and heldher incommunicado for several hours. According to blogger Trinh Kim Tien, Ms. Trang whose new book Chính trị bình dân(Politics for All) is very popular among […]
Vietnam Suspected of Poisoning Prisoners of Conscience - Defend the Defenders, June 2, 2018 Many prisoners of conscience and their families are suspecting that Vietnam’s authorities have been poisoning them with unsafe food and drinks. Mrs. Nguyen Thi Tuyet Lan, the mother of prominent human rights defender Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, the well-known blogger with the nickname Mother Mushroom said thatthe activist […]
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